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    KDFWR Stocking Bigger Trout

    The fisheries division of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources recently added some bigger rainbow trout to its usual stockings at streams in three popular tourism destinations.

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    Stocking bigger trout


    Areas receiving the upsized fish include the Middle Fork of Red River near Natural Bridge State Resort Park, East Fork of Indian Creek in the Red River Gorge National Geological Area and in Rock Creek in the Daniel Boone National Forest in McCreary County.

    “We are trying to stock an average of 12-inch trout instead of the usual average of 9-inch trout,” said Tom Timmerman, Northeastern Fisheries District biologist for Kentucky Fish and Wildlife. “When we stock 12-inch average trout, some of them are larger.”

    Crews stocked the Middle Fork of Red River and East Fork of Indian Creek April 4 and Rock Creek April 5. They placed 650 rainbow trout in the Middle Fork of the Red River and 850 trout in the East Fork of Indian Creek, with 100 of those fish in each stream of a larger size. Rock Creek received 2,075 trout with 275 of those fish of a larger size.

    The increased size of the stocked trout is part of an effort to lure more anglers to these streams. “We want to make these destination streams and give someone incentive to come to Kentucky and trout fish the Red River Gorge area or Rock Creek,” said Justin Heflin, assistant fisheries biologist for the Northeastern Fisheries District. “If you are coming from a good ways, you want to catch a good fish.”

    The stockings of larger trout will continue in October on these streams. “When we stock larger fish, it does slightly reduce the total number of trout stocked, but should not impact fishing success,” said Ron Brooks, director of Fisheries for Kentucky Fish and Wildlife. “We are limited on the number of big trout available and are concentrating on these three streams with these stockings.”
    Anglers may keep up to eight rainbow trout a day from these waters from now until Sept. 30. There is no size limit for rainbow trout in these waters. Anglers keeping their catch must have the appropriate fishing license and trout permit. Trout permits are $10 and may be purchased wherever fishing licenses are sold, or bought online at fw.ky.gov.

    These waters fall under special catch and release regulations for trout from Oct. 1 through March 1. During this fall/winter season, all trout caught must be released immediately.

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    I'm just curious for anyone that knows, are all these trout that KDFWR stock able to spawn and reproduce or are they basically one time shots and continual stocking is required to keep the population viable?

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    Pretty sure they are only out and take.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rob1678 View Post
    Pretty sure they are only out and take.
    *put-sorry
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    Mostly a one time deal but in certain creeks like rock Creek the spawn some from what I heard

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    Quote Originally Posted by MagikSmallie View Post
    I'm just curious for anyone that knows, are all these trout that KDFWR stock able to spawn and reproduce or are they basically one time shots and continual stocking is required to keep the population viable?
    I know they spawn in the Cumberland.
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